Improvement in trgction-ehq-ike



#admi Endes "stent @Wine in the county of Douglas and State of Nebraska,

"construction-of vehicle of that-velass in which an eud- THOMAS'F. HALL, OF

o Mana, 'NEBRArsiei-t, 1

Letters Patent li'o. 104,845, dated .ame 28, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRACTION-NGIB.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ofthe same.

[o all whom it may con-cern Be known that I, Tnoius lx. HALL, .of Omaha,

less heit; of traction-plates snrronpds an inner frame, and travels around the .-saine while prnpellin` the en tire apparatus.

The present invention consists in the application of an endless chain 4to the endless traction-heit, for transmitting motion to the saine, asvhereiuafter more fully described.

A,fin the drawing, represents the inner oval traine of my improved traction-engine.

B is theendless beltoi' transverse traction-plates surrounding the said frame. f

Each traction-plate of' this belt is provided withi and is by the same supported on the side rails Z friction-rollers, a. a, near each end -on the inner side',

the fraaie A, as is clearly shown in tig. f5.

The several plates of the belt B, which extend entirelyaeross the entire frame, are connected with eaeh other hy hinges, e, or Vequivalent; joints.

In arms, d d, Athat project forward or backward from the frame A, is hung a driving-shat`t, C, which carries a pulley, e. I

D is an endlessehain, placed around the pulley e and heit 15, the several traction-plates of the lat-ter heini;-

grooved, to receive. the chainas Shown at j', fig' 2.

An engine and buiier tua-y be supported on the npward-projecting port-ion 0f the fran'le A, te irnpartrotary motion to the shaft 0,'and thereby mme the heit B, foi-*propelling the apparatns.

'.lhe belt may he made ot' snitahle length, in proportionn'it-h the. required eiiieieney ot' the apparatus.

Having thus 'described rnyVinvent-ion,

claim as neu' and desire "to secure hy Letters The endless trae-tion-*belt B fitted around the fraaie A, and combined with the shaft 0 and .driving-einen D, substantially as herein shown and deserihed.

Witnesses: e

Greis. AI Au., D. G. `lrnrnnoeic. 

